In a letter to Vice-Chancellor Richard Mibey, the council said it ordered the closure on August 28 after an inspection showed that Moi University did not have the capacity to offer law courses.

In the September 23 letter, the council chief executive officer, Kulundu Bitonye, said Moi University performed poorly during the inspection of facilities and resources used to offer the law programme.

The council demanded that the university submit a closure plan in the next two months.

It further ordered Moi University to put in place a plan for either teaching out current students or transferring them to licensed institutions.

The university is also required to devise a management plan for academic staff.

Kenya’s higher learning programme has come under sharp scrutiny followed cases of fake degrees offered in several institutions.

In several occasions, the Commission for University Education (CUE) has been put on the spot to explain allegations of sub-standard courses offered in several learning institutions in the country, including colleges, private universities and training institutes.